I’m currently munching my way through a bag of chips, because I take the adage of “feed a cold” seriously. I feel that we need a better description for something that is not just a dripping nose. Because while my body aches and my throat hurts and my head is pounding, I know this is not real flu (as Ben had that earlier in the year and it is much more serious). Can we call it “clu” instead? Or a “flucold”? As in, “I’m feeling really rough, I’ve got a flucold?” Continue Reading…

I’ve been reading Joan Didion’s book The Year of Magical Thinking, which is about losing her husband and her daughter falling very ill, all in a short space of time. I haven’t finished it yet, but there have been many insights that were familiar to me, about death and grieving and how our society approaches both of these. Continue Reading…

It’s nearly the end of October so best I get a quick blog post in there! How is everyone? It’s not been a great year, the economy is tightening her vice grip on all of us and times are tough. We’re all feeling it. But such are the swings and roundabouts of life, and most of us have much to be grateful for, so let’s vasbyt and carry on carrying on (and just be extra nice to others). Continue Reading…